An international law based assessment of the legality of the military detention regime that Israel applies to Palestinians Since the Hamas-led attacks of 7 October 2023 and the ensuing Israeli military offensive in Gaza, thousands of Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem have been taken into custody by the Israeli Security
(January 2025) This is a very complex time for us all, as we closely follow the gradual implementation of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza and the exchange of prisoners. Everything hangs in the balance. In the statement we published at the beginning of the week, we emphasized that the release of the Israeli hostages in
(December 2024) Torture is one of the hardest and most complicated issues to discuss. It forces us to talk about acts that our minds do not want to admit can happen and our hearts struggle to contain. Read the full newsletter
A new publication by Hagar Kotef and Merav Amir published in the Cambridge University Press in collaboration with Pacti. This article tells the story of one small department in the Israeli Ministry of Justice: “The Inspector for Complaints Against General Security Service (GSS) Interrogators” (in Hebrew: Mavtan). Tasked with examining complaints of torture in GSS